Every Member has made his or her position patently obvious. Does the Taoiseach wish to respond?
On prevailing side: this member voted with the winning side in 312 of 313 decisive votes (0 abstentions excluded). Read it as a government-or-opposition indicator rather than a measure of influence — the figure is near 100% for members supporting the government of the day and near 0% for those opposing it.
This is the point of the site: contributions keep the party held on the day, not the one held now.
| Party | Recorded as | Contributions | Period |
|---|---|---|---|
| CC | Ceann Comhairle / Chair | 11,306 | 2020-02-20 – 2024-11-07 |
| FF | Fianna Fáil | 72 | 2020-02-20 – 2026-10-01 |
Membership spells on record: FF 2000-06-02–2002-06-26 · FF 2002-05-17–2007-04-30 · FF 2007-05-24–2011-02-01 · FF 2011-02-25–2016-03-09 · FF 2016-03-10–2020-01-14 · FF 2020-02-08–2024-11-08 · FF 2024-11-29–present
Every Member has made his or her position patently obvious. Does the Taoiseach wish to respond?
The Taoiseach, without interruption, please.
Nineteen Deputies wish to contribute on the Order of Business.
The Taoiseach to answer.
That concludes Questions on Promised Legislation. The 13 other Deputies, including the leaders, who have indicated will be given priority tomorrow.
Is the Bill opposed?
Since this is a Private Members' Bill, Second Stage must, under Standing Orders, be taken in Private Members' time.
Is that agreed? Agreed.
It is a tall order to deputise for Deputy Durkan.
I thank the Minister.
We are over time.
The Select Committee on Justice has completed its consideration of the following Further Revised Estimates for Public Services for the service of the year ending 31 December 2020: Votes Nos. 20, 21, 22 and 24.
I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 37 and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy Steven Matthews - to discuss an Environmental Protection Agency report on water quality which highlights raw sewage outflows in 35 locations across Ireland; (2) Deputies Cathal Crowe and Willie O'Dea - to discuss the supports the Government will provide to Shannon Heritage to keep key tourist sites in the mid-west open from January 2021; (3) Deputi…
Deputy Quinlivan is sharing time with Deputies Patricia Ryan, Munster and Ó Snodaigh.
We must go back to Deputy Mairéad Farrell's question-----
Deputy, please. The Minister of State has responded and that is it. As we missed Deputy Mairéad Farrell's Question No. 87, we will now go back to it.
If I may comment, insofar as the Oireachtas has a heavy responsibility in this particular area, I was really interested in this question because I took a key and active interest in the establishment of the Parliamentary Budget Office and the Committee on Budgetary Oversight during the previous Dáil. The question states that parliamentary oversight in the budget cycle may be suboptimal. That suggests to me that we need to be looking into our own hearts, not challenging the Minister. I am no apologist for any Ministe…
Will the Deputy give way to Deputy Doherty for Question No. 98?
The Deputy is going beyond the terms of the normal level of questioning that takes place here, in bringing up an individual issue that was very well aired this morning and that is not really relevant to the question that he has asked.
That is not relevant to the question the Deputy asked.